寶貝

See also: 宝贝

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (寶貝)		寶	貝
simp. (宝贝)		宝	贝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎobèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² bui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-pi
Min Nan (POJ): pó-pòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎobèi → bǎobei (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.bey
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥eɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (寶貝兒／宝贝儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎobèir → bǎobeir (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋㄦ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.beill
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pəɻ⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥əɻ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² bui³
  - Yale: bóu bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² bui³
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ puːy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ bi⁴
  - IPA: /po³¹ pi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: pó-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'poex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/

Middle Chinese: /pɑu^X pɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博抱切	愽蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^X/	/paj^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo	bèi

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ pˤa[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ paːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo	bèi
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^X ›	‹ paj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuʔ/	/*pˁa[t]-s/
English	precious thing	cowry shell
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3264	415
Phonetic component	缶	貝
Rime group	幽	祭
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	寶	貝
Old Chinese	/*puːʔ/	/*paːds/

Noun

寶貝

(literary) rare and precious seashell
cowry (family Cypraeidae)
(by extension) treasure; valuable object
(affectionate) baby child; baby; bab
(affectionate) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
(ironic, colloquial, derogatory or) useless or queer person; good-for-nothing

Synonyms

(darling) 寶寶／宝宝 (bǎobao), 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)

Derived terms

寶貝疙瘩／宝贝疙瘩
寶貝蛋／宝贝蛋
小寶貝／小宝贝

心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
活寶貝／活宝贝

Verb

寶貝

to love dearly; to dote on; to treasure

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